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Inmates Colluded to Bring Drugs Into Jail | Durham News
Inside Halifax County’s detention center, eight inmates are behind bars and two more are on the run after a brazen scheme to smuggle drugs and contraband into jail was exposed. The plan? Inmates would hide illegal goods on their bodies, then turn themselves in on existing warrants — letting deputies search them and unwittingly bring the contraband inside. One suspect, Andrew Franz, allegedly pulled it off by turning himself in on July 14, only to be searched and found with marijuana, Suboxone, amphetamines, and paraphernalia. He now faces felony conspiracy and possession charges with a…
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